After a very long wait, InvictaFC has announced their 8th card, and the announcement didn’t disappoint.

September 6 will be the date for the show, which will once again emanate from Kansas City. All the fights will be live on UFC Fightpass.

The main event will feature atomweight champion Michelle Waterson taking on Japan’s Yasuko Tamada. Waterson (11-3) will be defending her belt for the first time after having won the belt from Jessica Penne last year. She is on a four fight win streak.

In the co-main event, the vacant InvictaFC strawweight title will be up for grabs as former XFC champion Stephanie Eggink will take on Katja Kankaanpää. Eggink (4-1) won the XFC title by defeating TUF 20 participant Angela Magana by triangle choke in September. She also has a decision win over TUF 20 fighter Heather Clark.

Kankaanpää (9-1-1) is a staple of Invicta, having went unbeaten in nine fights before losing to Joanne Calderwood. With wins over Ais “The Bash” Daly and Mei Yamaguchi, she recently got back on the winning track defeating Alyona Rassohyna in May.

What was the most exciting announcement in our opinion is the rubber match between Roxanne Moddafferi and Tara LaRosa. The first 2 fights are the stuff of legend in the WMMA community. LaRosa defeated Modafferi by unanimous decision in 2006 in their first outing, with Modafferi gaining a split decision win in 2010, garnering it “Match of the Year” at the WMMA Press Awards. The third fight looks to be a show stealer.

India Gomes has foregone her title match and will drop to 135 to face Tonya Evinger on another match announced for the card. Gomes (10-2) was the #1 contender for the featherweight title, but had expressed interest as of late to drop to 135. She has won four straight and has wins over Leslie Smith and Hiroko Yamanaka. Her only losses were to Amanda Nunes and UFC champion Ronda Rousey.

Other matches announce include:

Michelle Ould will make her long awaited return to the cage as she takes on the undefeated DeAnna Bennett in what could be a title eliminator to see who faces flyweight champion Barb Honchak.

TUF 18 and UFC vet Peggy Morgan will make her promotional debut against Mexico’s Irene Aldana.

9 thoughts on “InvictaFC 8 Set for Sept. 6; Waterson vs. Tamada to Main Event”

Have to disagree. Roxy vs. Tara is a terrible fight in 2014. Tara is basically shot and Roxy was kind of exposed in her UFC run. Her striking is abysmal. Both represent what wmma use to be. Bad athletes who had way more heart than skill. Sadly, these are the types of fights, wmma haters will bash. Thankfully, Invicta doesn’t rely on ppv now, otherwise this would be a stinker and weak card.

Tara is currently at Jackson’s – a place known to rejuvenate careers. Roxy’s striking has improved a lot since training in Vegas. They are different fighters than the last time, and due to their mutual respect, they aren’t going to let up on the gas pedal. I don’t expect a BJ Penn situation here.

Jason, the only thing i liked about your reply was that your spelling is pretty good and punctuation marks are in all the right places.
This will be a very exciting fight. Both fighters’ demographics are equal, they have a history and…that alone is will make it cool. I’m not sure either is going to fight Ronda Rousey in her next fight – but that doesn’t matter at all. To me, the only thing that matters is matchmakers giving us matches which are interesting due to any combination of evenness, history, public demand, similar age, similar style, or contrasting style.

Roxy’s and Tara’s fight will a fight of similar attributes and it will be *freaking* interesting as a result. I have no care in the world to see either of them fight, say, a 22 year old. I would love to see them fight any of the other girls who are in their age range.
No matter what, you’ll be there watching it, interested in the outcome, even though you’ll pretend not to be and will crank out some balderdash as in your first statement.

Tara and roxy or 2 pass there prime who held it down for many years. Both were great fighters it there primes. They are at the same point in there careers i see no reason to hate on this fight. To say fighters years prior had more heart than skill is false info, corana, coenan, fuji, kaufman & many others all were very skilled.

Tara & roxy or both at the same point in there careers i see nothing wrong with the fight. There first 2 fights were classics let them bang bro. And there were plenty of skilled fighters years prior including roxy and tara dont be mean. And this card is great stop it with the false info.

Tara and roxy or 2 pass there prime who held it down for many years. Both were great fighters it there primes. They are at the same point in there careers i see no reason to hate on this fight. To say fighters years prior had more heart than skill is false info, corana, coenan, fuji, kaufman & many others all were very skilled.